diff --git a/src/__tests__/to-have-style.js b/src/__tests__/to-have-style.js
index 5c930e10..b66b9bc2 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/to-have-style.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/to-have-style.js
@@ -1,59 +1,98 @@
 import {render} from './helpers/test-utils'
 
-test('.toHaveStyle', () => {
-  const {container} = render(`
+describe('.toHaveStyle', () => {
+  test('handles positive test cases', () => {
+    const {container} = render(`
+          <div class="label" style="background-color: blue; height: 100%">
+            Hello World
+          </div>
+        `)
+
+    const style = document.createElement('style')
+    style.innerHTML = `
+          .label {
+            background-color: black;
+            color: white;
+            float: left;
+          }
+        `
+    document.body.appendChild(style)
+    document.body.appendChild(container)
+
+    expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle(`
+          height: 100%;
+          color: white;
+          background-color: blue;
+        `)
+
+    expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle(`
+          background-color: blue;
+          color: white;
+        `)
+    expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle(
+      'background-color:blue;color:white',
+    )
+
+    expect(container.querySelector('.label')).not.toHaveStyle(`
+          color: white;
+          font-weight: bold;
+        `)
+  })
+
+  test('handles negative test cases', () => {
+    const {container} = render(`
     <div class="label" style="background-color: blue; height: 100%">
       Hello World
     </div>
   `)
 
-  const style = document.createElement('style')
-  style.innerHTML = `
+    const style = document.createElement('style')
+    style.innerHTML = `
     .label {
       background-color: black;
       color: white;
       float: left;
     }
   `
-  document.body.appendChild(style)
-  document.body.appendChild(container)
+    document.body.appendChild(style)
+    document.body.appendChild(container)
 
-  expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle(`
-    height: 100%;
-    color: white;
-    background-color: blue;
-  `)
+    expect(() =>
+      expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle(
+        'font-weight: bold',
+      ),
+    ).toThrowError()
+    expect(() =>
+      expect(container.querySelector('.label')).not.toHaveStyle('color: white'),
+    ).toThrowError()
 
-  expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle(`
-    background-color: blue;
-    color: white;
-  `)
-  expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle(
-    'background-color:blue;color:white',
-  )
+    // Make sure the test fails if the css syntax is not valid
+    expect(() =>
+      expect(container.querySelector('.label')).not.toHaveStyle(
+        'font-weight bold',
+      ),
+    ).toThrowError()
+    expect(() =>
+      expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle('color white'),
+    ).toThrowError()
 
-  expect(container.querySelector('.label')).not.toHaveStyle(`
-    color: white;
-    font-weight: bold;
-  `)
+    document.body.removeChild(style)
+    document.body.removeChild(container)
+  })
 
-  expect(() =>
-    expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle('font-weight: bold'),
-  ).toThrowError()
-  expect(() =>
-    expect(container.querySelector('.label')).not.toHaveStyle('color: white'),
-  ).toThrowError()
-
-  // Make sure the test fails if the css syntax is not valid
-  expect(() =>
-    expect(container.querySelector('.label')).not.toHaveStyle(
-      'font-weight bold',
-    ),
-  ).toThrowError()
-  expect(() =>
-    expect(container.querySelector('.label')).toHaveStyle('color white'),
-  ).toThrowError()
-
-  document.body.removeChild(style)
-  document.body.removeChild(container)
+  test('properly normalizes colors', () => {
+    const {queryByTestId} = render(`
+      <span data-testid="color-example" style="background-color: #123456">Hello World</span>
+    `)
+    expect(queryByTestId('color-example')).toHaveStyle(
+      'background-color: #123456',
+    )
+  })
+
+  test('properly normalizes colors for border', () => {
+    const {queryByTestId} = render(`
+    <span data-testid="color-example" style="border: 1px solid #fff">Hello World</span>
+  `)
+    expect(queryByTestId('color-example')).toHaveStyle('border: 1px solid #fff')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/to-have-style.js b/src/to-have-style.js
index 70670a10..2f9493b1 100644
--- a/src/to-have-style.js
+++ b/src/to-have-style.js
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
-import {parse} from 'css'
 import {matcherHint} from 'jest-matcher-utils'
 import jestDiff from 'jest-diff'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
-import {checkHtmlElement} from './utils'
+import {checkHtmlElement, checkValidCSS} from './utils'
 
-function parseCSS(css) {
-  const ast = parse(`selector { ${css} }`, {silent: true}).stylesheet
-  if (ast.parsingErrors && ast.parsingErrors.length > 0) {
-    const {reason, line, column} = ast.parsingErrors[0]
-    return {
-      parsingError: `Syntax error parsing expected css: ${reason} in ${line}:${column}`,
-    }
-  }
-  const parsedRules = ast.rules[0].declarations
-    .filter(d => d.type === 'declaration')
-    .reduce(
-      (obj, {property, value}) => Object.assign(obj, {[property]: value}),
-      {},
-    )
-  return {parsedRules}
+function getStyleDeclaration(css) {
+  const copy = document.createElement('div')
+  copy.style = css
+  const styles = copy.style
+
+  return Array.from(styles).reduce(
+    (acc, name) => ({...acc, [name]: styles[name]}),
+    {},
+  )
 }
 
 function isSubset(styles, computedStyle) {
@@ -55,14 +48,11 @@ function expectedDiff(expected, computedStyles) {
 
 export function toHaveStyle(htmlElement, css) {
   checkHtmlElement(htmlElement, toHaveStyle, this)
-  const {parsedRules: expected, parsingError} = parseCSS(css)
-  if (parsingError) {
-    return {
-      pass: this.isNot, // Fail regardless of the test being positive or negative
-      message: () => parsingError,
-    }
-  }
+  checkValidCSS(css, toHaveStyle, this)
+
+  const expected = getStyleDeclaration(css)
   const received = getComputedStyle(htmlElement)
+
   return {
     pass: isSubset(expected, received),
     message: () => {
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 2bd89492..d83ca385 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   printReceived,
   stringify,
 } from 'jest-matcher-utils'
+import {parse} from 'css'
 
 class HtmlElementTypeError extends Error {
   constructor(received, matcherFn, context) {
@@ -40,6 +41,39 @@ function checkHtmlElement(htmlElement, ...args) {
   }
 }
 
+class InvalidCSSError extends Error {
+  constructor(received, matcherFn) {
+    super()
+
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
+      Error.captureStackTrace(this, matcherFn)
+    }
+    this.message = [
+      received.message,
+      '',
+      receivedColor(`Failing css:`),
+      receivedColor(`${received.css}`),
+    ].join('\n')
+  }
+}
+
+function checkValidCSS(css, ...args) {
+  const ast = parse(`selector { ${css} }`, {silent: true}).stylesheet
+
+  if (ast.parsingErrors && ast.parsingErrors.length > 0) {
+    const {reason, line} = ast.parsingErrors[0]
+
+    throw new InvalidCSSError(
+      {
+        css,
+        message: `Syntax error parsing expected css: ${reason} on line: ${line}`,
+      },
+      ...args,
+    )
+  }
+}
+
 class InvalidDocumentError extends Error {
   constructor(message, matcherFn) {
     super()
@@ -108,4 +142,11 @@ function deprecate(name, replacementText) {
   )
 }
 
-export {checkDocumentKey, checkHtmlElement, deprecate, getMessage, matches}
+export {
+  checkDocumentKey,
+  checkHtmlElement,
+  checkValidCSS,
+  deprecate,
+  getMessage,
+  matches,
+}